Citizenship and the ancient Olympic Games

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23366052.2026.3" target="_blank" >10.14712/23366052.2026.3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Citizenship and the ancient Olympic Games

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

For people in antiquity, citizenship was crucial, since only citizens enjoyed full rights. Citizenship encompassed not only rights but also responsibilities, including the duty to train and be physically prepared to defend their polis. Citizens who neglected this duty were often labeled idiotai, or “untrained”. Citizenship granted access to active participation in Olympic events in the stadium, and only citizen-aristocrats could compete as horse and chariot owners in the hippodrome. This structure changed with the rise of Macedonian kings like Alexander I, Archelaus, Philip II, and significantly with Alexander the Great and his successors, who divided and ruled the vast empire he had established. This shift also transformed public perceptions of citizenship and fandom, as exemplified by the Olympic boxing match between Cleitomachus of Thebes and Aristonicus of Alexandria. With the expansion of the Roman Empire, the Games opened to other nations, and in 212 AD, Emperor Caracalla’s Constitutio Antoniniana (Antonine Edict) extended Roman citizenship to all free individuals across the empire. This development enabled athletes from across the Roman Empire to participate in the Olympic Games, broadening the event’s inclusivity beyond its traditional Greek confines.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Citizenship and the ancient Olympic Games

Popis výsledku anglicky

For people in antiquity, citizenship was crucial, since only citizens enjoyed full rights. Citizenship encompassed not only rights but also responsibilities, including the duty to train and be physically prepared to defend their polis. Citizens who neglected this duty were often labeled idiotai, or “untrained”. Citizenship granted access to active participation in Olympic events in the stadium, and only citizen-aristocrats could compete as horse and chariot owners in the hippodrome. This structure changed with the rise of Macedonian kings like Alexander I, Archelaus, Philip II, and significantly with Alexander the Great and his successors, who divided and ruled the vast empire he had established. This shift also transformed public perceptions of citizenship and fandom, as exemplified by the Olympic boxing match between Cleitomachus of Thebes and Aristonicus of Alexandria. With the expansion of the Roman Empire, the Games opened to other nations, and in 212 AD, Emperor Caracalla’s Constitutio Antoniniana (Antonine Edict) extended Roman citizenship to all free individuals across the empire. This development enabled athletes from across the Roman Empire to participate in the Olympic Games, broadening the event’s inclusivity beyond its traditional Greek confines.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica

ISSN

1212-1428

e-ISSN

2336-6052

Svazek periodika

61

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

85-95

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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